Insert for hangers



May 15, 1923.

W. E. WHITE INSERT FOR HANGERS Filed April 27/ 1921 Patented May 15, was.

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INSERT FOE HANGERS.

Application filed April 2'7, 1921. Serial No. 464;,879.

T 0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM E. VVHITE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Insert for. Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hangers for ceiling Work and particularly to an insert hang er of simple form having novel features relating to the manner of attachment and use.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a cheaply constructed device adapted for the described use and having several advantages not present in any construction heretOfOre proposed. in my device I utilize a section of wire which is bent to provide the anchoring element and the means for securing the device to a wooden form. In addition I secure to the anchoring element a receptacle within which the supporting ring is mounted for vertical movement. T he device is so constructed that in practice it may be secured to a form by a mere hammering operation, no separate nails being necessary. When the form is stripped the ring will drop into a vertical position, and be firmly held for the reception of the rods employed for supporting a ceiling. Of course, the construction is adapted for utilization in supporting elements other than ceiling rods,and its simplicity and ease of use will commend it to those having need for such articles.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a device con structed in accordance with my invention as applied to a form;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view showing the parts in their final position after the concrete has been poured and the form removed;

Fig. 4c is a sectional view on the line -i4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the casing shown in the preceding figures;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a slightly modified form; and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 77 of Fig. 6.

In the drawings it will be seen that the device comprises a length of wire bent to provide four sections 10, 11, 12, 13, constituting two parallel loops. The bending of the wire in this manner serves to form upper bends 14c, 15, and alower bend 16/ The lower bend supports a ring-like element 1'7, which, in the present instance, is oblong in outline and serves as a means for supporting rod to be located closeto the concrete work. The element 17, which will be referred to as a ring, is adapted for vertical sliding movement within a casing or housing 18, having a closed top and open bottom, and provided with notches 19,,in the side Wall thereof, at, its lower'end. These notches serve to accommodate the wires 11, 12, at a point near the bend 16 therein, and when located in proper position the portion 20 of metal, struck out from the'notch, is bent into A'MNT QFFKE.

position, as shown in Fig. 3. The sides of i the casing are grooved as at 21, and the easing is fitted between the middle portions 11," 12, of the wires constituting the loops.

lVhen in the position described, it' will be seen that a housing, closed on all sides except the bottom,"is securelyfixed and serves to accommodate the ring 17. and permit .of such necessary vertical movement as will allow it to be received above'a form, and to drop into the position of Fig. 3 when the form is removed.

The free ends 22', of the wire, are pointed and serve as a means for fastening the device in position. Due to the arrangement described it will be seen in Fig. 3 that the pointed ends are located at each side of the ring when the form is removed, and, therefore, will not interfere inany manner with the insertion of the rod in the ring. Thus it is unnecessary to cut off or bend Over the pointed ends. i i

In the construction shown inFigs. 6 and 7, the parts are similar in that'the wire is bent to provide parallel portions 23, 24c, 25, 26, the middle portions being in line with the outside portions instead of transverse thereto, as in the construction just described.

The casing 27, and ring 28, are constructed exactly the same as that shown in the preceding figures, and the ends 29 of the wire llll Obviously the construction is capable of other modifications and I do not Wish to be limited except as indicated in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In an insert, the combination of a length of wire having sharpened ends and bent to provide loops composed of four parallel. sections of wire, including two upper bends and one lower bend, the upper bends serving as anchoring devices, a ring supported on said lower bend, and a housing having an open bottom held between the two middle sections of wire and shaped to receive and. permit bodily vertical movement of said ring, said housing being positioned to form, the ring in position for use being aligned with the pointed ends.

Signed at Chicago, 111., this 23rd day of April, 1921.

VILLIAM E. \VHITE. 

